Barnhill Community High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,537 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.1
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The PRIDE Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 126of 110 places
- Free school meals
- 66.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 23
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 20 May 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Pride Academy (URN 141382, until 1 September 2022).
What the data says
Of the 8 pupils who finished Year 11 at The PRIDE Academy in 2023, 0% stayed on in The PRIDE Academy’s own sixth form (Hillingdon average 58%), 38% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
25% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 5.1 against 46.1 across England and 47.8 in Hillingdon, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Hillingdon and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | The PRIDE Academy | Hillingdon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 8 | 3,519 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 50% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 50% | 90% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 58% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 2% | 13% |
| — further education college | 38% | 28% | 37% |
| — other education | 13% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 25% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 25% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The PRIDE Academy | Hillingdon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 5.1 | 47.8 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 50% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 69% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 53% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.14 | 4.35 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 87% | 28% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 37.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 51.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 4% | 46% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 25 | 100% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 8% |
| English Language | 24 | 100% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 4% |
| Biology | 9 | 39% | 23% | 0% | 45% | 11% |
| Fine Art | 3 | 13% | 9% | — | 28% | — |
| Photography | 2 | 9% | 6% | — | 19% | — |
| Physical Education | 2 | 9% | 11% | — | 24% | — |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 2 | 9% | 8% | — | 21% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 3 | — | — |
Where The PRIDE Academy is
Other secondary schools in Hillingdon are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Hillingdon’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Hillingdon
Bishop Ramsey Church of England School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,218 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 56.0
Bishopshalt School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,239 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 58.7
De Salis Studio College
Studio schools · sixth form · 174 pupils
95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.8
Global Academy
University technical college · sixth form · 526 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 30.8
Guru Nanak Sikh Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,553 pupils
96% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.9
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.